Kenzie Dorney – USU Eastern Athletics
Photo Courtesy of- Jeff Barrett

The Lady Eagles softball team got a leg up on the Snow College Badgers after playing four games in two days in Price on Friday and Saturday. At the end of the weekend USU Eastern would get the perfect sweep of the Badgers, the Eagles now sit at 15-19 overall and 11-12 in conference play.

Below is a recap of the weekend’s games:

Game 1

DeRyke throws shutout as the Eagles defeat the Badgers 8-0.

Utah State Eastern got things going in the first inning, when an error scored one. The Eagles scored four runs in the fifth inning. The offense was led by freshman Marisa Bowman, DeRyke and freshman Grace Jenkins, who each had RBIs in the inning.

Sophomore Nyah DeRyke five innings, giving up zero runs and one hit over five innings, striking out four and walking one.

The Eagles launched three home runs for the game. Sophomore Josie Hiatt had one in the second inning. DeRyke put one out in the second as well and Bowman hit one deep in the fifth.

Utah State Eastern collected nine hits. DeRyke and Hiatt each managed multiple hits for the Eagles. Hiatt and DeRyke both had two hits to lead Utah State Eastern. The Eagles had 27 plates appearances, 22 at bats, a team average of .409 and a slugging percentage of .818.

The Eagles had solid defense and didn’t commit a single error, sophomore Regan Bossow made the most plays, with five.

Nyah DeRyke throws a shut out
Eastern had three home runs
Eastern collected 9 hits
“Nyah did a good job at keeping the batters off balance and we did a good job at having her back and scoring runs.” – Coach Shurtliff.

Game 2

Alofipo leads the Eagles to a 18-3 victory over Snow College.

Freshman Shayna Alofipo meant business in game two, tallying four hits and leading Utah State Eastern to the victory. Alofipo homered in the first, singled in the second, twice in the fourth.

Utah State Eastern secured the victory thanks to their 12 run fourth inning. The offense came from singles by Alofipo, sophomore Tanzie Gasu, freshman Madie Luck, sophomore Josie Hiatt, and freshman Marisa Bowman, a home run by freshman Minerva Cruz, freshman Sydnee Smith and a double by Bowman.

The Eagles pulled away for good with three runs in the second innings. In the second, freshman Morgan Tanner hit a solo home run, Hiatt singled scoring one, and Alofipo singled scoring one. Utah State Eastern notched 12 runs in the fourth inning. Alofipo, Bowman, Cruz, Gasu, Luck and Hiatt all knocked in runs in the inning.

Freshman Emma Marchant earned the win, lasting five innings, allowing six hits and three runs while striking out six.

Utah State Eastern launched four home runs for game two. Freshman Jenna Sutliff put one out in the third. Cruz in the fourth, Tanner in the secondhand Alofipo in the first. The Eagles tallied 19 hits for the game. Alofipo, Luck, Hiatt, Bowman, Cruz and Tanner all collected multiple hits. Alofipo went 4-4 at the plate to lead Eastern. The Eagles had 34 plate appearances, 33 at bats, a team average of .576 and a slugging percentage of .970.

Eastern scored 12 runs in the fourth
Emma Marchant struck out 6
Eastern had four home runs
“We did a good job at scoring every inning. It’s hard to lose when you do that.” – Coach Shurtliff.

Game 3

Walk off single scores 2 and leads the Eagle to a 12-11 defeat against Snow.

Utah State Eastern was down 11-10 in the bottom of the seventh, when freshman Shayna Alofipo singled, scoring two.

Despite falling down five runs, Snow tried to fight back, scoring six runs.

The Eagles got things going in the first inning. Freshman Marisa Bowman singled, scoring two runs. After Snow scored two in the sixth, the Eagles answered back with two of their own, with a solo home run by Alofipo and Bowman.

Sophomore Nyah DeRyke earned the win for Utah State Eastern. She lasted five innings, allowing nine hits, six runs and striking out five. Freshman Emma Marchant threw two innings in relief.

Utah State Eastern socked five home runs for the game. Freshman Madie Luck had one in the the fourth, freshman Morgan Tanner in the third, Alofipo in the sixth and Bowman in the fourth and sixth inning. The Eagles totaled 17 hits in the game. Bowman, Luck, Alofipo, freshman Minerva Cruz, and sophomore Josie Hiatt all collected multiple hits for the Eagles. Alofipo, Luck and Bowman had three hits to lead Eastern.

The Eagles had 38 plate appearances, 35 at bats, a team average of .486 and slugging percentage of 1.000 and 12 RBIs.

Nyah DeRyke struck out 6
Eastern had 5 home runs
Eastern collected 17 hits
“It was good to get a win where we came back from falling behind late in the game.” -Coach Shurtliff.

Game 4

Utah State Eastern takes game four over Snow in a 12-2 blow out game.

Snow got things going in the first, scoring one. The Eagles answered back right away on a solo home run by freshman Shayna Alofipo.

Utah State Eastern pulled away for good with three runs in the second inning. In the second, an error scored one for the Eagles and freshman Madie Luck singled, scoring two. The Eagles put up five runs in the fourth inning. Easterns offense came from home runs by freshman Gigi Canales, freshman Minerva Cruz and freshman Morgan Tanner.

Luck took the win for Utah State Eastern. Lasting five innings, allowing four hits, two runs and walking one.

Utah State Eastern launch 5 home runs for the game. Cruz in the fourth, Tanner in the fourth, Alofipo in the first, Canales in the fourth and Bowman for the walk off in the fifth.

Canales led the Eagles with two hits in three at bats. Eastern had 30 plate appearances, 25 at bats, a team average of .400, a slugging percentage of 1.000 and 10 hits.

Eastern had a five run fourth inning
Madie Luck allowed four hits
Eastern had 5 home runs.
“Its really hard to sweep a team, and we did a good job at shutting them down early and scoring runs continuously.” -Coach Shurtliff.

The Lady Eagles will be back on the field this weekend when they will play four games with the Colorado Northwestern Community College on Friday and Saturday.